Charlotte Joan Hunter
7 November 1919 - 17 July 2002
Van
Alstyne
– Charlotte Joan Hunter was born on Nov.
7, 1919, and died on
July 17, 2002. She was the daughter of
Mack Cage and Mary Susan
Mitchell Hunter, owners of Hunters
Grocery in Van Alstyne.
Joan graduated from Van
Alstyne High
School and earned her college degree at Austin
College in Sherman and
Master’s degree from North Texas. She taught
English at Van Alstyne
High School from 1941-1954. In 1954 she joined
the faculty at the
University of North Texas in Denton where she
taught in the English
department from 1954 until 1984 when she
retired.
Joan was the kind of
teacher who changed
the lives of her students. Her impact on their
lives was far-reaching.
She respected her students and treated them as
equals and they never
forgot her. Many of her former students became
well-known authors and
journalists.
Joan was an
accomplished organist. She
enjoyed her beautiful home in Denton that she
shared for many years
with her dear friend, Dr. Jessie Luecke. She
enjoyed all the cultural
arts, baking and candy making and navy blue.
She traveled in Europe
many times, especially in England and Spain.
She was an excellent
bridge player and was active in her bridge
group until she became ill
in December 2001.
Joan was predeceased by
her parents, Susan and Cage Hunter; her
sister, Rhea Hunter Cunningham;
her nephew, David Cunningham; and her
sister-in-law, Eva Marie Hunter.
She is survived by her
brother and
sister-in-law, Billie and Harry D. Hunter of
Van Alstyne; her brother
and sister-in-law, Quinn and Joyce Hunter of
Dallas.
She is also survived by
her nieces and
nephews: Jerry Mack Hunter and his wife Cherie
of Van Alstyne: Charles
Hunter and his wife Mary of Greene, Maine;
Richard and Heather
Cunningham of Houston; Marla Hunter Nunally
and her husband Mike of
Dallas. She is also survived be her
great-nieces, Beth Hunter Litchford
and Jerianna Hunter Lyons; nephews, Mack
Hunter and Peyton Quinn
Nunally.
Pallbearers were Benny
Edwards, R.L. Bridges, Jessie Joe Savage,
Adolph Wiggins, J.D. Edwards and Billy Ray
Edwards.
Services were held at 2
p.m. Thursday, July 18, in Flesher Funeral
Home in Van Alstyne with burial in
Van Alstyne Cemetery.
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